Exposure assessment of microbiological hazards in food
Subtitle: guidelines
By: World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Contributors: World Health Organization.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: Microbiological risk assessment series -- 7; Microbiological risk assessment series -- 7.
Publisher: World Health Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Geneva; Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9789241546898; 9789251054222
Subjects: Food -- Microbiology; Health risk assessment; Food Microbiology; Food Contamination; Water Microbiology; Risk Assessment -- methods; Risk Management
Description: Exposure assessment is one of the four steps of microbiological risk assessment. This volume provides guidelines for the exposure assessment of microbiological hazards in food. It outlines the principles of exposure assessment as well as the data needed and approaches available for carrying out exposure assessment.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "TC/M/A0251E/1/08.08/1500"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76.

Available both in print and online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The process of exposure assessment; title: Modelling approaches; title: Data for exposure assessment; title: Variability, uncertainty and sensitivity; title: Assuring exposure assessment quality; title: Communication in exposure assessment.